Justin Bachman

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  • Delta Airlines employeeHealth

    Delta to drop $200 monthly surcharge for unvaccinated employees

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope November 2, 2016 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The telescope, designed to be a large space-based observatory optimized for infrared wavelengths, will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.Tech

    James Webb space telescope prepares for Christmas launch

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • Delta Air Lines airplanes at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Airline passenger numbers in the U.S. totaled 2.12 million on Dec. 19, compared with 1.06 million the same weekday a year earlier, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    United and Delta cancel hundreds of flights over holiday weekend as Omicron knocks out flight crews and ground personnel

    By Justin Bachman, Will Davies, and others
  • SpaceX headquartersTech

    132 SpaceX employees in California test positive for COVID-19

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk was cool but combative as he testified in a Delaware courtroom that Tesla’s more than $2 billion acquisition of SolarCity in 2016 wasn’t a bailout of the struggling solar provider. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Elon Musk taunts Bernie Sanders about his age on Twitter after the Senator calls for the wealthy to ‘pay their fair share’

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • Blue Origin LaunchTech

    Jeff Bezos reaches space in Blue Origin’s first space flight with a crew

    By Spencer Soper, Justin Bachman, and others
  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JUNE 10: Sir Richard Branson (R) attends the “Unstoppable Weekend” kick off event at Elia Beach Club at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on June 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)Finance

    Richard Branson’s historic flight into space was worth $841 million for Virgin Galactic

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • UKRAINE &#8211; 2021/07/11: In this photo illustration, British billionaire Richard Branson is seen on a fragment of a Virgin Galactic Unity 22 Spaceflight Livestream Youtube video displayed on a smartphone with the Virgin Galactic logo in the background.<br /> UK billionaire Richard Branson on July 11 soared more than 50 miles (which marks the boundary of space according to the United States ) aboard his Virgin Galactic VSS Unity space rocket plane and lands safely, reportedly by media. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Branson gets well-wishes from fellow space entrepreneur Elon Musk on Virgin Galactic launch day

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; JUNE 10: Sir Richard Branson speaks during the &#8220;Unstoppable Weekend&#8221; kick off event at Elia Beach Club at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on June 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)Leadership

    Richard Branson announces he will beat Jeff Bezos into space by 9 days, sending Virgin Galactic shares soaring

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • A Boeing 737 from United Airlines at the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), in Dominican Republic on December 5, 2020 amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

    United Airlines is purchasing 270 planes in ambitious effort to attract premium flyers

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • Travelers look out a window at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will strictly enforce quarantine rules for all travelers arriving in the city during the holidays, particularly those from the U.K., where a highly contagious new Covid-19 strain has been detected. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Travelers be warned: your air miles may be at risk

    By Jenny Surane, Justin Bachman, and others
  • Billionaire Elon Musk Receives Axel Springer AwardTech

    SpaceX’s biggest-ever rocket nailed its landing—and then exploded

    By Justin Bachman and Bloomberg
  • SpaceX Looks To Buy Small Texas Village To Build Next Generation SpaceportTech

    ‘The city of Starbase, Texas:’ Elon Musk suggests renaming SpaceX’s rocket town

    By Sergio Chapa, Justin Bachman, and others
  • A pedestrian wears a face mask while crossing a bridge from the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    SpaceX lacked FAA approval for launch that ended in fireball

    By Alan Levin, Justin Bachman, and others
  • Travelers wait in line to check in for a flight at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid a COVID-19 surge in Southern California on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. TSA agents screened over 1 million people for three consecutive days last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the beginning of the traditional holiday travel season, for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Mario Tama—Getty Images

    Vaccine rollout could boost the travel industry—and spell the end of deep discounts

    By Justin Bachman, Mary Schlangenstein, and others